Means for vertical stocking of coil stock and the like



Aug. 19, 1958 s. SHAPIRO 2,848,115

MEANS FOR VERTICAL STOCKING 0F COIL STOCK AND THE LIKE Filed Oct. 25, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

SAMUE L SHAPIRO I iJljx/JM AT TORNE Y5 Aug. 19, 1958 Filed 001:. 25, 1955 S. SHAPIRO MEANS FOR VER'II STOCKING OF COIL THE LIKE STOCK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fig. 4

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SAMUEL SHAPIRO LQVCA/M ATTORNEYS United States Patent MEANS FOR VERTICAL STOCKING OF COIL STOCK AND THE LIKE 1 Samuel Shapiro, Wooster, Ohio, assignor to Summit Steel Corporation, Akron, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application October 25, 1955, Serial No. 542,572

3 Claims. (Cl. 21149) This invention relates, as indicated, to the vertical stocking of coil stock and the like.

Various methods and means have heretofore been used for stacking or stocking coil stock, but in most cases, such methods and means have proven unsatisfactory, either because the cost of installation of the equipment is prohibitive, or difiiculties are encountered in removing the coils for transfer or use.

The present invention accordingly has as its primary object the provision of means of the character described which is inexpensive to manufacture and assemble, and is highly advantageous from the standpoint of permitting easy removability of the coils by conventional apparatus which is used for this purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide means of the character described which comprises a unit of rigid and sturdy construction, which may be easily and quickly assembled with similar units to form a highly satisfactory arrangement in which a maximum number of coils may be stocked in a minimum of floor space or area.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of one of the units embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the unit shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentaryplan view, illustrating how a multiplicity of the units are interconnected to form an arrangement of the character described.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings, the unit is shown to comprise three rectangular floor or base plates 1, 2 and 3, which are identical and are arranged so that their centers are at the corners of an equilateral triangle,

Secured to the central portion of each plate, as by welding, is a column or pipe 4, which extends to a substantial height, which in the usual installation, is about 16 feet, and is surmounted by a cap 5 of conical form, having a rounded apex 6.

Secured, as by welding to each of the pipes 4, adjacent the base plates, is a series of circumferentially-spaced, radially-extending, plates 7, which extend vertically to a height of about 15 inches.

It will be noted in Fig. 2, that the circumferential spacing of the plates 7 is such that one plate 7 of each of the pipes 4 which are secured to the base plates 2 and 3 is coplanar with a plate 7 of the pipe 4 which is secured to the base plate 1.

Secured to one pair of these coplanar plates 7 i a channel member, the web 8 of which lies adjacent one face of these plates, and the flanges 9 and 10 of which extend horizontally, the upper face of the flange 9 being flush with the upper edge of the plates 7, and the flange ice 10 being spaced a substantial distance from the base plates 1 and 3.

Secured to the other pair of coplanar plates is a channel member which is similar to the aforesaid channel member, the web 11 of which lies adjacent one face of these plates, and the flanges 12 and 13 of which extend horizontally, the upper face of the flange 12 being flush with the upper edge of the plates 7, and the flange 13 being spaced a substantial distance from the base plates 1 and 2.

The unit further includes a third channel comprising a Web 14 and horizontally extending flanges 15 and 16. This channel extends between the aforesaid plates 7 of the pipes 4 which are secured to the base plates 2 and 3, and has portions of its ends removed to provide beveled ends to which attachment plates 17 are Welded to said beveled ends and close the ends of the channel. The upper face of the flange 15 as well as the upper edge of the plates 17, is flush with the upper edges of the plates 7, and the flange 16 is spaced a substantial distance from the base plates 2 and 3.

As shown in Fig. 3, the channels 8 and 11 and the attachment plates 17 of the channel 14, are rigidly secured to the plates 7 by means of bolts 18 and nuts 19. At their forward ends, the channels 8 and 11 are rigidly secured to the plates 7 by means of bolts 20 and nuts 21.

The flanges 9, .12 and 15 of the channels thus provide a horizontal table or support for supporting coils W (see Fig. 2) in spaced relation to the floor of the warehouse or other storage room, and in a manner such as to permit easy removability of the coils by conventional apparatus used for this purpose.

As shown in Fig. 4, a multiplicity of units, such as described, may be interconnected by means of channels similar to those described to provide an arrangement in which a maximum number of coils C may be stacked in minimum of floor space or area. The triangular constuction of the units permits adjacent units to be arranged in relation to each other, so that when they are interconnected, the coils are disposed closely adjacent each other, as shown. In the arrangement shown, A and B are complete units, which are spaced from each other, but by interconnecting these units by mean of a channel 14, and utilizing a single extra plate 1, and additional channels 8 and 11 to interconnect this plate with the plate 3 of the unit A and plate 2 of the unit B, provision is made for supporting an additional stack of coils between the units A and B.

Considered in another way, Fig. 4 shows the use of twelve base plates (which would normally be required to form four complete units), but by arranging the base plates in the manner illustrated, seven stacks of coils can be supported, or three stacks more than if the units were used separately and independently. By utilizing base plates and arranging them in the manner indicated in Fig. 4, provision can be made for supporting 104 stacks, a saving of 187 base plates over the 312 which would be required, if the units were used separately and independently.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and'arrangement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A coil stacking structure comprising a plurality of parallel rows of uniformly-spaced vertically-extending columns, the columns in each alternate row being in intermediately-spaced relationship to those of the adjacent rows, each column being horizontally equidistant from its immediately surrounding columns whereby said columns define the apices of equilateral triangles providing spaces for the reception of coil stock, rigid coil-supporting elements extending horizontally from each column to each of its immediately surrounding columns, and means for removably securing each of said elements to a pair of columns.

2. A coil stacking structure as defined in claim 1 wherein said coil-supporting elements are channel members having flanges disposed in a common horizontal plane.

3. A coil stacking structure as defined in claim 2 wherein each of said columns is provided with a plurality of circumferentially-spaced radially extending plates, each of said plates being in radial alignment with a like plate '4 of an adjacent column, and said means comprise removable fasteners connecting the opposite ends of each channel member to a pair of said radially-aligned plates.

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